one after another; in rapid succession
to run about; to rush about
pushy; pushing; self-assertive
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest
to be exhausted; to be tired out
calm; composed; self-possessed; firm
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever
three persons; three parties
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
to check; to stop; to keep back
to be perturbed; to be agitated
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
selection; choice; option
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
abdomen; stomach; under parts
labored breathing; laboured breathing; dyspnea; dyspnoea
to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled
apathetic; lackadaisical; spiritless; physically weak; feeble; effeminate
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
to shut in; to confine; to contain
soon; before long; shortly thereafter
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
to grow hoarse; to become husky
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
repentance; confession; penitence
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
to deceive with smooth talk; to wheedle; to give someone a snow job
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride